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Health-Related Research Using Confidential U.S. Census Bureau Data

August 2008

Working Paper Number:

CES-08-21

Abstract

Economic studies on health-related issues have the potential to benefit all Americans. The approaches for dealing with the growth of health care costs and health insurance coverage are ever changing and information is needed on their efficacy. Research on health-related topics has been conducted for about a decade at the Census Bureau\u2019s Center for Economic Studies and the Research Data Centers. This paper begins by describing the confidential business and demographic Census Bureau data products used in this research. The discussion continues with summaries of nearly 30 papers, including how this work has benefited the Census Bureau and its research findings. Some focus on data linkages and assessing data quality, while others address important questions in the employer, public, and individual insurance markets. This research could not have been accomplished with public-use data. The newly available data from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and National Center for Health Statistics, as well as additional Census Bureau data now available in the Research Data Centers are also discussed.

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data, work census, data census, census data, survey, agency, expenditure, economic census, insurance, enrollment, census bureau, coverage, use census, health, medicare, healthcare, medicaid, uninsured, insured, enrollee, insurer, assessed

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Internal Revenue Service, Social Security Administration, Center for Economic Studies, Census Bureau Center for Economic Studies, Current Population Survey, Decennial Census, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, Survey of Income and Program Participation, Journal of Labor Economics, Economic Census, Research Data Center, American Community Survey, Social Security Number, National Health Interview Survey, Longitudinal Employer Household Dynamics, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Census Bureau Business Register, Business Register, National Center for Health Statistics, Medicaid Services

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